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Baxter 2005 - National protest this easter

This Easter people from around Australia will converge on Baxter Detention Centre in Port Augusta, South Australia. We will call for the centre's immediate closure, and for an end to Australia's mandatory detention regime.

Cornelia Rau is out of Baxter Detention Centre now. But for the people still inside, the horror of daily life - the beatings, the boredom, the isolation, and the constant fear of forced deportation - continues without pause.

The Refugee Action Collective - Victoria is organising buses from Melbourne, to get as many people as possible to protest. We need your help to make the protest a success.

We believe the most effective means of galvanising public opposition to mandatory detention is to expose its grotesque reality. Protesting at Baxter allows us to highlight the reality of 'immigration detention' in a way which is immediate and confronting. Ordinary people will be given the rare opportunity to see what this highly fortified prison looks like; and for a moment they will be denied the comfortable option of forgetting that it even exists.

All the groups so far involved in building Baxter 05 are in agreement about one thing: we want to make this a creative and peaceful action. Our aim is to give the media attractive images of a protest which is not about violence or conflict, but about humanity and human solidarity.

Our chances of achieving that aim improve every time another individual or organisation joins or supports or endorses the protest.

So take a stand and demand real justice - help us close Baxter and free the refugees.

GET ON THE BUS!

Tickets: $150 waged / $100 unwaged

Full amount needs to be paid by 5pm, Tuesday, 15 March

Coaches leave Trades Hall at 8pm, Thursday, 24 March, returning early to mid-morning on Monday, 28 March

How to book: You can book your seat by sending a cheque to RAC(Vic), PO Box 578, Carlton South 3053, including your name & address. If possible, it would be appreciated if you could include a stamped self-addressed envelope so we can acknowledge receipt and post your ticket. OR make a bank transfer to RAC's account, Commonwealth Bank BSB : 063 262 1025 2396, then send an email to refugeeaction@mail.com to tell us you've done it. Include your name and address in the email, so we can post your ticket. OR come to a meeting at Trades Hall (6pm, Tuesdays cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts - enter via Victoria St) and pay cash. That's the easiest way.


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